EEL3112 HW#4 solutions

1. Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions by hand.

(a) cosh at (b) sinh at

[Hint: cosh x =
2

1 x
 1

e  e  x , sinh x = e x  e  x .]
2


e at  e -at
(a) cosh( at) 
2
1 1 1 
L  cosh( at)   
s
   2
2 s  a s  a  s  a2

e at  e -at
(b) sinh( at) 
2
1 1 1 
L  sinh( at)   
a
 
2  s  a s  a  s  a 2
2

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2. Find F(s) given that

 1 2
F ( s )   f (t )e dt   2te dt   2e  st dt
 st  st

0 0 1

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3. Find the Laplace transform of the following signals:

(a) f t   2t  4u t 
(b)  
gt   4  3e 2t ut 
(c) ht   6 sin 3t   8 cos3t u t 
(d) 
xt   e 2t cosh4t  ut 
2 4
(a) F ( s)  
s2 s

4 3
(b) G ( s)  
s s2

3 s 8s  18
(c) H(s)  6 8 
2 2
s 9 s 9 s2  9

(d)
s
L{cosh at} 
s  a2
2

s2 s2
X (s)   2
( s  2)  4
2 2
s  4s  12

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4. Determine the Laplace transform of the function f(t). Note: f(t) is periodic with period
T=3 units.

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5. Use the properties of Laplace transforms to find the Laplace transform F(s), given that
f(t) is:
(a) 2tu t  4
(b) 5 cost  t  2
(c) exp(-t)u(t-)
(d) sin 2t u t   

(a) 2t=2(t-4) + 8
f(t) = 2tu(t-4) = 2(t-4)u(t-4) + 8u(t-4)
2 8  2 8
F ( s)  2 e4 s  e4 s   2   e 4 s
s s s s
 
–2s
(b) F ( s)   f (t )e  st dt   5cos t (t  2)e  st dt 5cos te  st 5cos 2e 2 s
 5cos(2)e
0 0
t2

(c) et  e(t  )e

f (t )  e e(t  )u(t  )
1 e ( s 1)
F ( s)  e e s 
s 1 s 1

(d) sin 2t  sin[2(t   )  2 ]  sin 2(t   ) cos 2  cos 2(t   )sin 2

f (t )  cos 2 sin 2(t   )u(t   )  sin 2 cos 2(t   )u(t   )
2 s
F ( s )  cos 2 e  s 2  sin 2 e  s 2
s 4 s 4

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6. Determine the Laplace transforms of these functions:

(a) f t   t  4u t  2
(b) g t   2e 4t ut  1
(c) ht   5 cos2t  1u t 
(d) pt   6u t  2  u t  4

(a) f (t )  (t  4) u(t  2)  (t  2) u(t  2)  2 u(t  2)

F(s) 

(b) g(t)  2 e -4t u(t  1)  2 e-4 e -4(t-1) u(t  1)

2 e -s
G (s)  4
e (s  4 )

(c) h( t )  5 cos(2t  1) u( t )

cos(A  B)  cos(A) cos(B)  sin( A) sin( B)

cos(2t  1)  cos(2t ) cos(1)  sin( 2t ) sin(1)

h(t )  5 cos(1) cos(2t ) u(t )  5 sin(1) sin( 2t ) u(t )

s 2
H(s)  5 cos(1)   5 sin(1)  2
s 4 2
s 4
2.702s 8.415
H(s)  2 
s  4 s2  4

(d) p(t )  6u(t  2)  6u(t  4)

6 -2s 6 -4s
P(s)  e  e
s s

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7. Find F(s) if:

(a) f t   6e t cosh 2t (b) f t   3te 2t sinh 4t
(c) f t   8e 3t cosh tut  2

Since L  cosh( at)  

s
(a)
s  a2 2

6 (s  1) 6 (s  1)
F(s)   2
(s  1)  4 s  2s  3
2

Since L  sinh( at)  

a
(b)
s  a2
2

L  3 e -2t sinh( 4 t )  
(3)(4) 12
 2
(s  2)  16 s  4s  12
2

F(s)  L  t  3 e -2t sinh( 4t )  

 12 (s 2  4s  12) -1 
-d
ds
24 (s  2)
F(s)  (12)(2s  4)(s 2  4s  12) -2  2
(s  4s  12) 2

1 t
(c) cosh( t )   (e  e - t )
2
1
f ( t )  8 e -3t   (e t  e -t ) u ( t  2)
2
 4 e u(t  2)  4 e-4t u(t  2)
-2t

 4 e -4 e -2(t- 2) u ( t  2)  4 e-8 e -4(t- 2) u ( t  2)

L  4 e -4 e -2(t-2) u(t  2)  4 e -4 e -2s  L  e -2 u(t)

4 e -(2s 4)
L 4e e - 4 - 2(t- 2)
u ( t  2) 
s2

4 e -(2s8)
Similarly, L  4 e -8 e -4(t-2) u ( t  2) 
s4

Therefore,
4 e -(2s 4) 4 e -(2s8) e -(2s 6)  (4 e 2  4 e -2 ) s  (16 e 2  8 e -2 )
F(s)   
s2 s4 s 2  6s  8

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8. Find f(t) for each F(s) by hand using partial fractions.

10 s
(a)
s  1s  2s  3
2s 2  4s  1
(b)
s  1s  23
s 1
(c)

s  2  s 2  2 s  5 
10s A B C
(a) F(s)    
(s  1)(s  2)(s  3) s  1 s  2 s  3

- 10
A  F(s) (s  1) s-1   -5
2
- 20
B  F(s) (s  2) s-2   20
-1
- 30
C  F(s) (s  3) s-3   -15
2

-5 20 15
F(s)   
s 1 s  2 s  3

f ( t )  (-5 e -t  20 e -2t  15 e -3t )u ( t )

2s 2  4s  1 A B C D
(b) F(s)  3    2 
(s  1)(s  2) s  1 s  2 (s  2) (s  2) 3

A  F(s) (s  1) s-1  -1
D  F(s) (s  2) 3 s-2  -1
2s 2  4s  1  A(s  2)(s 2  4s  4)  B(s  1)(s 2  4s  4)
 C(s  1)(s  2)  D(s  1)

Equating coefficients :
s3 : 0 AB   B  -A  1
s2 : 2  6A  5B  C  A  C   C  2  A  3
1
s : 4  12 A  8B  3C  D  4A  3C  D
4  6AD   D  -2  A  -1
s0 : 1  8A  4B  2C  D  4A  2C  D  -4  6  1  1

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-1 1 3 1
F(s)    2 
s  1 s  2 (s  2) (s  2) 3

t 2 -2t
f(t)  -e -t  e -2t  3 t e -2t  e
2
 t2 
f ( t )  (-e -t  1  3 t   e -2t )u ( t )
 2 


s 1 A Bs  C
(c) F(s)    2
(s  2)(s  2s  5) s  2 s  2s  5
2

-1
A  F(s) (s  2) s-2 
5

s  1  A (s 2  2s  5)  B (s 2  2s)  C (s  2)

Equating coefficients :
1
s2 : 0 AB 
 B  -A 
5
s1 : 1  2A  2B  C  0  C 
 C  1
s0 : 1  5A  2C  -1  2  1

-1 5 1 5 s 1 -1 5 1 5 (s  1) 45
F(s)   2   2 
s  2 (s  1)  2
2
s  2 (s  1)  2
2
(s  1) 2  2 2

f ( t )  (-0.2 e -2t  0.2 e -t cos(2t )  0.4 e -t sin( 2t ))u ( t )

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9. Let
5s  1
F s  
s  2s  3
(a) Use the initial and final value theorems to find f(0) and f   .
(b) Verify your answer in part (a) by finding f(t), using partial fractions.

5s ( s  1) 5(1  1/ s )
(a) f (0)  lim sF ( s)  lim  lim 5
s  s  ( s  2)( s  3) s  (1  2 / s )(1  3 / s )

5s ( s  1)
f ()  lim sF ( s )  lim 0
s 0 s 0 ( s  2)( s  3)

5( s  1) A B
(b) F ( s )   
( s  2)( s  3) s  2 s  3

5(1) 5(2)
A  5, B  10
1 1
5 10
F ( s)    f (t )  5e2t  10e3t
s2 s3

f(0) = -5 + 10 = 5
f(  )= -0 + 0 = 0.

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10. Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions:

20s  2
(a) F s  

s s 2  6s  25 
6s 2  36 s  20
(b) Ps  
s  1s  2s  3

20( s  2) A Bs  C
(a) F ( s )    2
s( s  6s  25) s s  6s  25
2

20( s  2)  A( s 2  6 s  25s )  Bs 2  Cs
Equating components,
s2 : 0 = A + B or B= - A
s: 20 = 6A + C
constant: 40 – 25 A or A = 8/5, B = -8/5, C= 20 – 6A= 52/5

8 52 8 24 52
 s  ( s  3)  
8 8
F ( s)   5 2 5 2   5 5 5
5s ( s  3)  4 5s ( s  3) 2  42

8 8 19
f (t )  u (t )  e 3t cos 4t  e 3t sin 4t
5 5 5

6s 2  36s  20 A B C
(b) P( s)    
( s  1)( s  2)( s  3) s  1 s  2 s  3
6  36  20
A  5
(1  2)(1  3)
24  72  20
B  28
(1)(1)
54  108  20
C  17
(2)(1)
5 28 17
P( s )   
s 1 s  2 s  3

p(t )  (5et  28e2t  17e3t )u(t )

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11. Given that v0  2 and dv0 / dt  4 , solve

d 2v
 5  6v  10 e t u t 
dv
2
dt dt

Taking the Laplace transform of the differential equation yields

s V(s)  sv(0)  v' (0) 5sV(s)  v(0)]  6V(s)  s10 1

2

or s 2  5s  6V(s)  2s  4  10  s10 1 
 V(s) 
2s 2  16s  24
(s  1)(s  2)(s  3)
A B C
Let V(s)    , A  5, B  0, C  3
s 1 s  2 s  3

Hence,

v(t )  (5e t  3e 3t )u(t )

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12. Solve the integrodifferential equation

y 0  1
dy
 4 y  3 y dt  6e2t ,
t

dt 0

Take the Laplace transform of each term of the integrodifferential equation.

 s Y(s)  y(0)  4 Y(s)  3 Y(s)  6

s s2

 6 
(s 2  4s  3) Y (s)  s   1
s  2 

s ( 4  s) ( 4  s) s
Y(s)  
(s  2)(s 2  4s  3) (s  1)(s  2)(s  3)

A B C
Y(s)   
s 1 s  2 s  3

A = –2.5, B = 12, C  -10.5

 2.5 12 10.5
Y(s)   
s 1 s  2 s  3

y(t )  –2.5e–t + 12e–2t – 10.5e–3t

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13. Given that

 2v  5 v d  4u t 
dv t

dt 0

with v0   1 , determine vt  for t  0 .

We take the Laplace transform of each term.

5 4
[ sV ( s)  v(0)]  2V ( s)  V ( s) 
s s
5 4 4s
[ sV ( s)  1]  2V ( s)  V ( s)  
 V ( s)  2
s s s  2s  5

( s  1)  5 ( s  1) 2
V ( s)   5
( s  1)  2
2 2
( s  1)  2
2 2 2 ( s  1) 2  22
v(t )  (et cos 2t  2.5et sin 2t )u(t )

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14. Using the Laplace transform, solve the following differential equation for
d 2i di
2
 4  5i  2e  2t
dt dt
Subject to i0  0, i 0  2 .

Taking the Laplace transform of each term gives

2
 s 2 I (s)  si(0)  i '(0)   4  sI (s)  i (0)  5I (s) 
s2
2
 s 2 I (s)  0  2  4  sI ( s)  0  5I ( s) 
s2

2 2s  6
I (s)(s 2  4s  5)  2
s2 s2
2s  6 A Bs  C
I ( s)    2
( s  2)( s  4 s  5) s  2 s 4 s  5
2

2s  6  A(s2  4s  5)  B(s2  2s) C(s  2)

We equate the coefficients.

s2 : 0 = A+ B
s: 2= 4A + 2B + C
constant: 6 = 5A + 2C

Solving these gives

A = 2, B= -2, C = -2

2 2s  2 2 2( s  2) 2
I ( s)   2   
s  2 s 4s  5 s  2 ( s  2) 1 ( s  2) 2 1
2

Taking the inverse Laplace transform leads to:

i(t )   2e2t  2e2t cos t  2e2t sin t  u(t )  2e2t (1  cos t  sin t )u(t )

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